Mount Moriah Cemetery Deceased Birth Date Death Date

Miss Hallie Rich, 88, died on Saturday, January 2, 1982, at Pulaski Health Care Center. A retired saleslady for Kuhn’s Variety Store in Pulaski, she was a member of the Methodist Church. She was a native of Tennessee, the daughter of the late John and Orlean Long Rich. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Sunday, January 3, at Bennett-May Chapel, the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and the Reverend Paul Allen officiating, with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery.Survivors include several cousins.

(h/o Elizabeth Vaughn Rich)

(s/o John and Orlean Long Rich)

RICH, James R. 6 Jun 1884 1 Oct 1958

(s/o John and Orlean Long Rich)

Funeral services for James R. Rich, 74, retired state employee, will be held at 2:30 o’clock Thursday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by Dr. William H. Mansfield, Methodist minister. Burial will take place in the family lot in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Rich died at 9:15 o’clock Wednesday morning, October 1, at the home on South Third Street after a long illness. Born June 6, 1884, in Giles County, he was the son of the late John Rich and Orlean Long Rich. An employee of the State for twenty-nine years, he retired in 1948, returning to Pulaski where he had since made his home. Mr. Rich is survived by one sister, Miss Hallie Rich, Pulaski; and a number of nieces and nephews. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge.

(s/o and Rich)

John Rich, who has been living for several years at the old Wheeler place near Wales, died Tuesday and was buried yesterday at 2 o’clock at Moriah.

(w/o Joe Rich) Unmarked grave

(d/o and

The Pulaski Citizen 3 Sep 1891

Campbellsville---Death has again been among us and this time claimed as its victim Mrs. Martha Rich, wife of Mr. Joe Rich. She died Sunday morning at 5:20 o’clock after an illness of several weeks. She leaves a husband and two little children to mourn her loss. Her remains were interred at Moriah Monday.

(w/o Thomas R. Rich)

(d/o Levi and Malvina Harris Ward)

RICH, Orlean Long 04 Apr 1866 08 Dec 1937

(w/o John Rich)

(d/o Levi and Nancy Watson Long)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 22 Dec 1937

Mrs. Orlean Rich died at her home on the Columbia Highway a mile north of Pulaski, Wednesday afternoon, December 15. And after funeral services at the home Thursday at 2 o’clock the body was laid away in the Moriah Cemetery. Survivors are a daughter, Miss Hallie Rich, of Pulaski, and two sons, Arthur of Pulaski, and Jim, who has employment with the State.

Mr. Richard Wayne Rich, 28, died July 19, 1998, at his home in Lewisburg. Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. Wednesday at Carr and Erwin Funeral Home. Burial will be in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, Aubry and Sue Rich of Lewisburg; three brothers, James Rich of Mooresville, Morris Rich of Nashville, Donald Rich of Franklin; one sister, Tina Rich of Lewisburg; and grandparents, W. R. and Okalene Watkins of Pulaski and Mary Lou Weldon of Cornersville.

(s/o John and Orlean Long Rich)

(h/o 1. Annie Louise Hamlett Rich) md 15 Dec 1917 GCT

(h/o 2. Brownie Douglas Rich) md 25 Jul 1920 GCT

(s/o Thomas R. and Mary Frances Ward Rich)

Solon Rich, 71, retired farmer, died Wednesday, March 22, in Giles County Hospital. Services will be conducted on Thursday afternoon, March 23, at 2 o’clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Neal Dean and Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Rich, a native of Giles County, was born January 30, 1896, the son of the late T. R. and Mary Frances Ward Rich. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Brownie Douglas Rich; three daughters, Mrs. Robert V. Ingram, Mrs. Robert F. Storey, Mrs. Robert E. Bee, Pulaski; two sons, Thomas Kidd Rich, Columbia, and Solon Wade Rich, Huntsville, Ala.; three grandchildren; one brother, Clarence Rich, Pulaski; six sisters, Mrs. Rena Morris, Mrs. Florence Tarpley, Mrs. Stella Franklin, Mrs. Orlean Stinnett, Mrs. Lizzie Coke, all of Giles County, and Mrs. Maggie Long ofNashville.Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

(h/o Mary Frances Ward Rich)

(s/o and Rich)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen19 Feb 1947

Funeral services for Tom Rich, 87, well known farmer of the Moriah section, who died at 4:15 o’clock Saturdaymorning February15, at Pulaski Hospital following a long period of declining health, were held at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Mt. Moriah Church. The Rev. Stuart H. Salmon, Presbyterian minister officiated, assisted bythe Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Born and reared in East Tennessee, Mr. Rich came to Giles County in early manhood. He was a member of the Methodist Church. His wife, Mrs. Mary Frances Ward Rich, died nearly sixteen years ago. Mr. Rich is survived by several daughters, Mrs. Will Walls, Mrs. Polk Tarpley, Mrs. George R. Stinnett, Mrs. Tom B. Parker, all of Moriah section, Mrs. Joseph Cocke and Mrs. Flournoy Morris, Pulaski, and Mrs. Ollie Long, Frankewing; three sons, Arthur Rich, Moriah, and Solon Rich and Clarence Rich, both of Pulaski and twenty grandchildren. He was the last member of his immediate family.

(d/o Carroll Alexander and Myrtle Inez Miles Burns)

Mrs. June Burns Richardson died Aug. 27,1998, at her home in the Bodenham communityafter a brief struggle with cancer. Services were held Saturday at Carr and Erwin Funeral Home with Philip Eubanks officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Survivors include her husband, Charles Richardson; son Chip Richardson; daughter, Lisa Carol Rose; two grandchildren; four sisters and two brothers, Corinne Ciborowski of Bel Air, Md., Catherine Braly and Mary Ann Mize, both of Pulaski, Carolyn Kelly of Decherd, Miles Burns of Chattanooga, and Robert Burns of Pulaski.

(w/o Roy George Richardson)

(d/o James Knox Polk and Florence Rich Tarpley)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Mar 1989

Mrs. Katherine Tarpley Richardson, 75, of Pulaski, died Wednesday, March 15, 1989, at Hillside Hospital. Graveside services were held Thursday, March 16, at Mt. Moriah Cemetery with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. A native ofGiles County, Mrs. Richardson was the daughter of the late Polk and Florence Rich Tarpley and was married to the late Roy Richardson. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. Juanita Mize of Pulaski, two sons, Charles Richardson of Bodenham and Wagoner Richardson of Pulaski; six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

(h/o Cornelia June Burns Richardson)

(s/o Roy George and Katherine Tarpley Richardson)

RICHARDSON, Roy George 10 Mar 1893 7 Jan 1964

(h/o Katherine Tarpley Richardson and s/o Tom and Kate Waggoner Richardson) Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 8 Jan 1964

Funeral services for Roy George Richardson, 71, Bodenham merchant, were held at one o’clock Wednesday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. Wesley Holden of Woodbury, and the Rev. R. E. Stevenson. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Richardson died at 8 o’clock Tuesday morning, January 7, at Giles County Hospital. Born March 10, 1892, in Lincoln County, he was the son of the late Tom Richardson and Kate Waggoner Richardson. Mr. Richardson is survive byhis wife, Mrs. Katherine Tarpley Richardson; two sons, Waggoner Richardsons and Charles Richardson, Pulaski; one daughter, Mrs. Ray Mize, Bodenham; two grandchildren; and one sister, Mrs. Era Mae Crawford, Mulberry. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

ROBERTS, Floyd Flournoy 13 Jun 1889 9 Oct 1941

(h/o Virgie A. White Roberts)

(s/o Bob and Laura Cox Roberts)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 15 Oct 1941

Funeral services for Floyd Flournoy Roberts, aged 53, who died at 5 o’clock Thursday, Oct. 9, at his home on Little Dry Creek, were held at Moriah Church Saturday at 2:00 o’clock by Rev. Clifford Murphy, and burial in the church cemetery. Mr. Roberts is survived by his wife, one daughter, Geneva Roberts, one son, Doyce Roberts, two brothers, Boyd Roberts of Giles County and Wyatt Roberts of Athens, Ala., two sisters, Mrs. Ed Green, of Giles County and Mrs. Lula Chandler, of Texas, two uncles, Buck Roberts and Milton Roberts, of Giles County.

(d/o Guerdyne and Martha A. Mayfield Cox)

Bodenham---Died, Mrs. Laura Roberts, after an illness of but a few days. She died with much suffering from the dreadful disease erysipelas and meningitis. Her remains were interred at Mt. Moriah Cemetery.

(d/o and

(w/o Floyd Flournoy Roberts)

(d/o John and Tennie White)

ROENIZK, John Arthur __ ___ 1920 23 Dec 1997

(h/o Ruth Norman Roenizk) Capt. US Army Korea

(s/o Joseph Arthur and Pearl Smeltzen Roenizk)


Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 30 Dec 1997

Mr. John Arthur Roenizk, 77, of Pulaski died Dec. 23, 1997, at the Veterans Hospital in Murfreesboro. Born in Sandusky, Ohio, Mr. Roenizk was the son of Joseph Arthur and Pearl Smeltzen Roenizk. He was a retired teacher. Services were held at Bennett-May Funeral Home with Don Sessions officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. He is survived by one brother, William Roenizk of College Station, Texas.

(w/o John Arthur Roenizk)

(d/o Beverly L. and Dora Blanche White Norman)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 29 Nov 1988

Mrs. Ruth N. Roenizk, 70, died Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1988 at Hillside Hospital. Funeral services were held Friday, Nov. 25, at Bennett-May Chapel with Nolan Brunson officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. A native of Clarksburg, West Va., Mrs. Roenizk was the daughter of the late Beverly L. and Dora Blanche White Norman. Survivors include husband, John A. Roenizk; one son, James Satterfield, Hurst, TX; one sister, Miss Naomi Norman, Hagerstown, Maryland; two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.

(d/o Oscar and Edna Lou Stanford Rogers) Unmarked Grave Death Certificate

(w/o Lee Allen Rogers)

(d/o and Johnson)

ROGERS, Lee Allen 5 Apr 1907 24 Aug 1964

(h/o Jewel Johnson Rogers)

(s/o Winfield and Lura Worsham Rogers)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 26 Aug 1964

Funeral services for Lee Allen Rogers, 58, farmer of Giles County, were held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon in Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Rogers died Monday, August 24, at Giles County Hospital after a two weeks illness. Born April 5, 1907, i Giles County, he was the son of the late Winfield Rogers and Lura Worsham Rogers. He was a member of the Church of Christ. Mr. Rogers is survived by his wife, Mrs. Jewel Johnson Rogers; two sons, Robert Allen Rogers and David Rogers, both of Louisville, Ky.; two daughters, Mrs. Richard Gonzales, New Mexico, and Mrs. Wayne Bolden, Pulaski; and ten grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

(d/o John C. and Mary S. Green Roland)

(s/o John C. and Mary S. Green Roland) Unmarked Grave Death Certificate & Obit Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 19 May 1937

Joe Roland, age 69, who lived in the 18^th District on upper Agnew, died suddenly Sunday afternoon. Mr. Roland had not been quite well lately, but was able to be up most of the time. He appeared about as usual Sunday and ate dinner. After dinner he lay down to rest awhile. And soon afterward passed away. Mr. Rowland had been Constable or Deputy Sheriff most of the time for the past forty years. He was straight, and active in business matters entrusted him. His life work was farming. The official business was merely incidental. There is not enough legal work in that part of the county, to occupy much of a man’s time. Mr. Roland is survived by a number of nieces and nephews. But no immediate members of his family. After funeral services Monday afternoon by Rev. T. E. Hudson, at Moriah, the body was laid to away in

Moriah Cemetery.

(h/o Mary S. Green Roland)

(s/o John C. and Sarah H. Roland)

ROLAND, Mary S. 18 Jan 1831 20 Feb 1905

(w/o John C. Roland)

(d/o George W. and Elizabeth K. Moore Green)

ROLAND, Sarah Harriet 9 May 1791 19 Jan 1870

(w/o John C. Roland)

(d/o Daniel and Sarah Conyers Carter)

ROLAND, Sophronia (30-5-18) 01 Jan 1850 19 Jun 1880

(d/o John C. and Mary S. Green Roland)

(d/o John C. and Mary S. Green Roland)

(d/o Jessie Ray and Betty Defoe Travis)

Joyce Marie Rose died this morning at her Pulaski residence. She was 63 years old. Visitation will be held tomorrow from 3-7 p.m. in the upper chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home. Services will be held Saturday at 2p.m. in the lower chapel of Bennett-MayFuneral Home with Reverend Danny Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter Janice Gibson and a son Jimmy Lynn Agent and his wife Teresa, all of Pulaski. She is survived by a grandchild Samantha Gibson and by four sisters Mary Elizabeth Shelton of Pulaski, Ruth Ellen Wright of Ardmore, Jo Ann Price and Julie Russell, both of Pulaski. She is also survived by two brothers Jessie Travis, Jr. and by Robert Travis, both of Pulaski. She was preceded in death by her parents Jessie Ray & Betty Defoe Travis and by one brother Terry Travis. Bennett-May & Giles County Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Joyce Marie Rose.

(w/o 1. Melvin Pinkleton and 2. Casper Rose)

(d/o Joseph Edward and Jennie Pillow Reeves)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Jul 1992

Mrs. Octovine Dora Pinkleton Rose, 86, of Pulaski, died Friday, July 17, 1992, at Meadowbrook Nursing Home. Funeral services were held Sunday, July 19, at Carr and Erwin Chapel with Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. A native of Tenneseee, Mrs. Rose was the daughter of the late Edward and Jennie Pillow Rose and was married to the late Casper Rose. She was an employee at Stephens Manufacturing Company for 45 years. Survivors include two step-sons, Grady Rose of Pulaski, and David Rose of Ethridge; one daughter, Sadie Mae Stanford of Pulaski; six step-daughters, Bernice Nelson, Geneva Holland, and Linda Brock, all of Ethridge, Clarice Rose of Illinois, Iva Mae Rose of Pulaski, Frances Grose of Lafayette, Tenn.; two sisters, Virginia Knox of Pulaski, Mildred Pierson of Columbia; several grandchildren.

(s/o William Thomas and Tennie Pearl Fralix Russell)

Funeral services for Robert Allen Russell, 41, Lynnville farmer, were held at 2 o’clock

Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Russell died Tuesday morning, November 6, at Giles County Hospital. Born March 17, 1921, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Tennie Pearl Fralix Holt and the William Thomas Russell. In addition to his mother, Mr. Russell is survived by his step-father, Travis Holt; two brothers, James Russell and Mahlon Russell; and three sisters, Mrs. MabornWright, Mrs. Charles Duncan and Mrs. Morris Duncah, all of Giles County. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

(s/o Eugene and Elizabeth Campbell Rutherford) Unmarked Death Certificate Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 17 Nov 1943

Funeral services were held at 11 o’clock Thursday morning at the Bennett-May Funeral Home for John Herbert Rutherford, 8, son of Mrs. Malcolm White, who died Wednesday night, November 10, following an extended illness at the home in Pulaski, conducted by the Rev. Vandiver of Nashville, assisted by the Rev. Tingle. Burial took place at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Besides his mother, the child is survived by his step-father, two sisters and one brother.

SAMUEL, Lillian Catherine __ ___ ____ 15 Jul 1953
(d/o William Samuel and Ruth Harrison Samuel)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 18 Feb 1953

Funeral services for Miss Lillian Catherine Samuel, 42, were held at 3 o’clock Monday afternoon at Pulaski Funeral Home, conducted by Virgil Bradford, minister of the East Hill Church of Christ. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Her death occurred at 4:15 o’clock Sunday afternoon at a Nashville hospital after a long illness. A lifelong resident of the county, she was the daughter of the late William Samuel and Ruth Harrison Samuel. The survivors include one daughter, Miss Betty Samuel, Pulaski; four sisters, Mrs. Walter Turner and Mrs. David Rainey, Pulaski, Mrs. Elizabeth Walls, Columbia, and Mrs. Elmo Shook, Decatur, Ala.; and two brothers, SidneySamuel and Thomas Samuel, both ofArkansas.Pulaski Funeral Home, Funeral Directors

(d/o Jacob H. and Josephine Caroline Crowder Sandusky)

(s/o Jacob H. and Josephine Caroline Crowder Sandusky)

(s/o Frank and Beatrice Sapp)

(s/o George and Rosa Cook Savage) Unmarked Grave Death Certificate

(s/o John Lee and Ida Louise Gowan Scott) Unmarked Grave Death Certificate

(w/o William Henry Scott)

(d/o John and Jenny Pratt Stofle)

Obituary: Columbia Daily Herald 20 Jul 2003

Louise Scott, 83, died Saturday, July 19, 2003 at Maury Regional Hospital. Services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday with burial to follow in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Carr and Erwin Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Survivors include a daughter, Brenda Owen of Pulaski; sisters, Margaret Bullington of Gasden, Ala.. and Lizzie Roberts of Lebanon; three grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

(Infant d/o William Henry and Louise S. Scott)

(h/o Louise Stofel Scott)

(s/o Boone and Laura Scott)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 06 Feb 1974

Funeral services were held for William Henry Scott, 54, of the Oak Grove Community, Friday, February 8 at 2:30 p.m. at Carr and Erwin Chapel with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mr. Scott died at his home on Wednesday. Born in Giles County, his parents were the late Boone and Laura Scott. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Louise Stofle Scott; one daugter, Miss Brenda Scott of Oak Grove; one sister, Mrs. Robert Newton of Pulaski; and two brothers, Joe L. Scott of Murfreesboro and Robert Scott of Pulaski.

(h/o Myrtle Shackelford) Unmarked Grave Death Certificate

(s/o Sam Turner and Alice Mary Tarpley Shackelford)

SHACKLEFORD, Samuel Turner 24 Dec 1848 27 Aug 1935

(h/o Alice Mary Tarpley Shackleford)

(s/o W. G. and Julia Ashford Shackleford)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 4 Sep 1935

Sa,m Shackleford, a farmer of the Crescent View community, died on Tuesday, August 27, and was buried at Moriah, Wednesday, with funeral services byRev. J. K. Johnson. Mr Shackleford was a brother of R. E. Shackleford of Savannah, about 60 to 65 years of age, and is survived by his wife, several grown up sons and a daughter.

(s/o and

(w/o Sharp)

(d/o Dave and Myrtle Matthews Appleton)

SHAW, Sarah 23 years 23 Apr 1833

(d/o and

(w/o William Gilbert Shelby)

(d/o William and Liza Jane Ayres Drake)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 05 Dec 1979

A Giles County native, Mrs. Minnie Lee Shelby, 90, of Route 2, Kingston Springs, who died Sunday, December 2 in Oak View Nursing Home, Lawrenceburg, were held Wednesdayat 2:00 p.m. at Bennett May Chapel with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Church of Christ minister G. C. Fox was the officiant. Mrs. Shelby, daughter of the late William and Liza Jane Ayres Drake, was married to the late William Gilbert Shelby. Survivors include a daughter, Mrs. Willadean Nicks, Nashville; three sons, Coell Shelby, Pulaski, Winford Shelby and Donald Shelby, Nashville; three step-daughters, Mrs. Florice McGee, Santa Fe, Mrs. Grace Malone, Lawrenceburg and Mrs. Hester Irvine, Knoxville; eight grandchildren; eight great-great­grandchildren; several step-grandchildren and several step-great-grandchildren.

(h/o Iva Elizabeth York Shook) md 5 Jul 1908 GCT

(s/o James Lafayette and Betty Yancey Shook)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 9 Oct 1949

Funeral services for Henry Thomas Shook, 68, well-known citizen of the Bodenham section who died suddently at 5 o’clock Sunday morning October 16, at his home, were held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon at Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Rites were conducted by the Rev. James W. Elder of Lawrenceburg, pastor of the church, and burial took place in the family lot in the church cemetery. A lifelong resident and substantial farmer of the Bodenham community, he was born June 24, 1881 and was the son of the late James Lafayette Shook and Betty Yancey Shook. He was an active member of the Moriah Church, serving as an elder at the time of his death. Mr. Shook is survived by his wife, Mrs. Iva York Shook; three daughters, Mrs. Mitchell Wright, Goodsprings, Mrs. Millard Inman, Birmingham, Ala., Mrs. Cleburn Braly, Bodenham; one son, John Shook, Waverly; nine grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. W. A. Bass and Mrs. Tom Cosby, Pulaski, and Mrs. James Smith, Springer Station, Lawrence County; and two brothers, Dellie Shook, Bodenham and Charlie Shook, Russellville, Ala.